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κελέοντες

keleontes

the beams of the standing loom

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What it meant

1. κελέοντες · keleontes — Beekes

κελέοντες [m.pl.] ‘the beams of the standing loom’ (Ar. Fr. 795, Antipho Fr. 11, Theoc., Ant. Lib.), acc. to H., also τὰ ὁπωσοῦν μακρὰ ξύλα, δοκοί, ἱστοί ‘wood that is long in some sense, beams, masts or looms’. 4IE?> *ETYM Acc. to FriskIF 49 (1931): 97f., originally a pres.ptc. of *keAéw, which would be a denominative of *xéAocg and mean “rising up” vel sim. Formally, the latter could be compared with OCS ¢éelo … — [Beekes, s.v. κελέοντες, p. 715]

2. κελέοντες · keleontes — Frisk

κελέοντες m. pl. ‘die Bäume des stehenden Webstuhls’ (Ar. Fr. 795, Antipho Fr. 11, Theok., Ant. Lib.), nach H. auch — ᾽τὰ ὁπωσοῦν μακρὰ ξύλα, δοκοί, ἱστοί". ---- Wohl eig. als „die Emporragenden“ Ptz. Präs. von *xei&w, Denominativum von *x£Aoc, formal = aksl. @elo *Stirn’ mit weiterem Anschluß an κολοφών, κολωνός, 5. d. Frisk IF 49, 97f. — Nicht mit H. zu κελοί —= ξύλα, vgl. zu κελεός. 8. auch 1. κέλωρ. — Hierher … — [Frisk, s.v. κελέοντες, p. 846]

3. κελέοντες · keleontes — LSJ

the vertical beams in the upright loom

= ἱστόποδες, the vertical beams in the upright loom, between which the web hung down, Ar. Fr. 795, Antipho Fr. 11, Theoc. 18.34, Ant.Lib. 10.2, cf. Paus.Gr.and Ael.Dion. Fr. 228: sg., v. foreg.

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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